Senior Corporate Counsel – Transactions & Negotiations

BDO USA, Llp; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA, P.A. is seeking a Senior Counsel to support day-to-day transactional needs across client engagement letters, MSAs, NDAs, procurement, marketing, and other agreements.

The role emphasizes strategic business partnership and creative solutions within legal and regulatory frameworks. The Senior Counsel will advise internal clients, negotiate terms, and contribute to OGC processes while handling diverse matters including real estate, financing, and potential M&A activity at a professional

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate (JD) required.
• Five (5) or more years of broad commercial and corporate legal experience, required.
• Three (3) or more years’ experience with a law firm required, Am Law 100 firm, preferred.
• Experience supporting various commercial transactions and contracts, including negotiation of client-facing agreements, required.
• Experience in-house within a corporation, professional partnership or other large business structure, preferred.
• Experience (law-firm or in-house) supporting a professional/consulting services business, preferred.
• Member of a Bar in Good Standing, required.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, provides advice and negotiates legal matters pertaining to the Firm’s client engagement letters and other commercial transactions or relationships in a manner consistent with the Firm’s business decisions, policies and strategy
• Counsels internal clients to minimize legal risk associated with contractual and other business-related matters
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of, and complies with, the Office of the General Counsel’s processes, policies and templates with respect to support of transactional
• Supports fellow members of the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) and assists as needed on other matters, including real estate/leasing, financing, general corporate matters and strategic or other material transactions such as M&A
• Develops and demonstrates competency in additional areas of law as needed or requested by a Managing Director, OGC Transactional Practice, which may include regulatory, intellectual property, bankruptcy, privacy and security, or other areas of law
• Effectively communicates with OGC team members and various other internal and external parties with regard to the progress of matters
• Performs other related duties as required

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Client advisory

Strategic thinking

Education

Juris Doctorate (JD)

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

BDO USA, P.A. is seeking a Senior Counsel to support day-to-day transactional needs across client engagement letters, MSAs, NDAs, procurement, marketing, and other agreements.

The role emphasizes strategic business partnership and creative solutions within legal and regulatory frameworks. The Senior Counsel will advise internal clients, negotiate terms, and contribute to OGC processes while handling diverse matters including real estate, financing, and potential M&A activity at a professional